HI HB 48
died on adjournmentRELATING TO COFFEE LABELING.
Hawaii · 2026 Regular Session · lower
Subscribe in a feed reader. The feed covers recorded actions from the last 30 days; Bill Commons may record an action after it happened at the legislature.
Quick answers
Did HI HB 48 pass?
No. HI HB 48 died when the 2026 Regular Session adjourned without final action on it. Bills that die this way are sometimes reintroduced in a later session. Latest recorded action (2026-04-02): Received notice of the discharge of all House Conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457).
What is HI HB 48 about?
Clarifies the labeling and advertising requirements for coffee that is grown and processed in the State. Defines "regional origin". Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
Who sponsors HI HB 48?
KAHALOA, KUSCH, LOWEN are the primary sponsors of HI HB 48.
Description
Clarifies the labeling and advertising requirements for coffee that is grown and processed in the State. Defines "regional origin". Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
- Introduced
- 2025-01-16
- Latest action
- 2026-04-02 — Received notice of the discharge of all House Conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457).
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
- —
Subjects
Sponsors
- KAHALOAprimary
- KUSCHprimary
- LOWENprimary
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
Newest first
2026-04-02
Received notice of the discharge of all House Conferees (Hse. Com. No. 457).
receipt
2026-04-01
House Conferee(s) discharged.
2026-03-20
Senate Conferee(s) discharged.
2026-03-20
Received notice of all Senate conferees being discharged (Sen. Com. No. 409).
receipt
2025-12-08
Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.
carried-over
2025-04-22
Senate Conferees Changed: Senator Keohokalole discharged as Co-Chair. Senator Richards discharged as Member; Added as Co-Chair.
2025-04-22
Received notice of change in Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 864).
receipt
2025-04-15
Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 732).
receipt
2025-04-15
Senate Conferees Appointed: Gabbard Chair; Keohokalole Co-Chair; Richards, Awa.
2025-04-15
Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 790).
receipt
2025-04-14
House Conferees Appointed: Kahaloa, Matayoshi Co-Chairs; Kusch, Perruso, Pierick.
2025-04-10
Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 621).
receipt
2025-04-08
House disagrees with Senate amendment (s).
amendment-failure
2025-04-04
Report Adopted; Passed Third Reading. Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House.
passage
2025-04-04
Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 566) in amended form (SD 1).
2025-04-03
Reported from CPN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1641) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading.
2025-04-03
One Day Notice 04-04-25.
2025-03-27
The committee(s) on CPN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in CPN were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Keohokalole, Fukunaga, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) McKelvey, Richards.
committee-passage-favorable
2025-03-21
The committee(s) on CPN will hold a public decision making on 03-27-25 9:30AM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference.
2025-03-19
Reported from AEN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1166) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to CPN.
2025-03-19
Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to CPN.
passage,reading-2,referral-committee
2025-03-17
The committee(s) on AEN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in AEN were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Gabbard, Richards, DeCoite, Rhoads, Awa; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none.
committee-passage-favorable
2025-03-14
The committee(s) on AEN deferred the measure until 03-17-25 1:02PM; Conference Room 224 & Videoconference.
deferral
2025-03-11
The committee(s) on AEN has scheduled a public hearing on 03-14-25 1:00PM; Conference Room 224 & Videoconference.
2025-03-06
Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 181).
introduction,receipt
2025-03-06
Passed First Reading.
reading-1
2025-03-06
Referred to AEN, CPN.
referral-committee
2025-03-04
Passed Third Reading as amended in HD 2 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Pierick, Ward excused (2). Transmitted to Senate.
passage
2025-02-28
Reported from CPC (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1049) as amended in HD 2, recommending passage on Third Reading.
2025-02-28
Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 03-04-25.
2025-02-20
The committee on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 7 Ayes: Representative(s) Matayoshi, Chun, Ichiyama, Iwamoto, Kong, Marten, Tam; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 3 Excused: Representative(s) Ilagan, Lowen, Pierick.
committee-passage-favorable
2025-02-18
Bill scheduled to be heard by CPC on Thursday, 02-20-25 2:00PM in House conference room 329 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
2025-02-14
Reported from AGR (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 641) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to CPC.
2025-02-14
Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on CPC with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Matayoshi, Poepoe, Ward excused (4).
reading-2,referral-committee
2025-02-12
The committee on AGR recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 5 Ayes: Representative(s) Kahaloa, Kusch, Lowen, Perruso, Quinlan; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Ward.
committee-passage-favorable
2025-02-07
Bill scheduled to be heard by AGR on Wednesday, 02-12-25 9:30AM in House conference room 325 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
2025-01-21
Referred to AGR, CPC, referral sheet 1
referral-committee
2025-01-16
Introduced and Pass First Reading.
introduction,reading-1
2025-01-10
Prefiled.
Versions
Documents
Votes
The committee on AGR recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS.
2025-02-12 · pass · 5-0
Member-level votes (6)
- Kahaloa: yes
- Kusch: yes
- Lowen: yes
- Perruso: yes
- Quinlan: yes
- Ward: not voting
The committee on CPC recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS.
2025-02-20 · pass · 7-0
Member-level votes (10)
- Matayoshi: yes
- Chun: yes
- Ichiyama: yes
- Iwamoto: yes
- Kong: yes
- Marten: yes
- Tam: yes
- Ilagan: not voting
- Lowen: not voting
- Pierick: not voting
The committee(s) on AEN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS.
2025-03-17 · pass · 5-0
Member-level votes (5)
- Gabbard: yes
- Richards: yes
- DeCoite: yes
- Rhoads: yes
- Awa: yes
The committee(s) on CPN recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED.
2025-03-27 · pass · 3-0
Member-level votes (5)
- Keohokalole: yes
- Fukunaga: yes
- Awa: yes
- McKelvey: not voting
- Richards: not voting
Report Adopted; Passed Third Reading.
2025-04-04 · pass · 25-0
Related bills
- Companion bill: SB 500
Official source
Attribution
Data from openstates_bulk_csv, retrieved 2026-07-24T05:20:09.051962Z
Inspect retained evidence for changes recorded after evidence tracking began:
Session-wide evidence can include changes to other bills:
Use this data
Every field on this page is available from the free public API — no key or licence required. Fetch this bill as JSON: GET /api/v1/bills?jurisdiction=HI&identifier=HB 48. See the API docs or the MCP server for AI assistants.
Known limitations
- Sponsor party and chamber affiliation are not yet captured by this API.
- Committee referrals are not yet captured.
- Some documents have no extracted text yet, so version comparison may be limited.
See the methodology page for data sources and limitations.